Improvement in pen-racks



.W. E. THOMAS.

PEN-RACK.

Patented Jun'elS, 1876.

ATTORNEYS.

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WILLIAM E. THOMAS, OF FORDS STORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN R. EMORY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-RACKS.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent N6. 178,814, dated J une 13,1876; application filed April 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. THOMAS, of Fords btore, in the county of Queen Anne and State of Maryland, have invented a new and Improved Pen-Rack Attachment for Writ ing-Desks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of the invention is to provide for use as an attachment for writing-desks, a combined pen-rack and safe, so constructed that the pen may be exposed to View, and readily accessible at such time, as it is frequently required for use, and may at other times be securedand protected against loss or injury.

To this end the invention consists of a penrack, supported upon a bracket formed ofa bent metal rod, and constituting a fixed attachment of the desk, and an open-ended tube hinged to said rod in such manner as adapts it to be turned thereon, to expose its ends for insertion or removal of a pen. The rack receives and supports the pen while the owner or occupant of the desk frequently requires it for use, but at other times, as when leaving his desk at the end of the day, it is placed in the tube for safety. I

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a side view, and Fig; 2 a top View ofthe device. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line at at, Fig. 1.

The pen rack is formed by the rests or curved arms a attached to the rod A, and the pen-safe consists of a tube, B, which is hinged to said rod, and turns or swings thereon. The ends I) of the rod are bent twice at a rightangle, and also flattened to adapt it for permanent attachment to the desk 0, by means of screws, and also to support the tube B above the desk, so that it may turn around the rod.

When the pen used by the occupant of the v desk is no longer required for use, as at the close of the days work, or at any other intermediate time, the tube is turned on the rod A sufficiently to expose its ends, the pen inserted therein, and the tube then allowed to swing back to its original position, in which the ends are wholly or partially covered and protected by the vertical parts I) of the rod.

The pen will thus be protected from injury,

and accidental loss thereof prevented 5 at the same time it is instantly accessible when again requiredfor use.

The device is a cheap and highly desirable attachment for desks in general, but is designed more particularly for school-desks.

What I claim is 1. The combined pen-rack and open safedesk attachment,- formed of the rests a, the swinging tube provided with sleeve d, and the bent rod A, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the hinged open- I ended tube and the bent rod, adapted for at- Y tachment to desks, as shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 15th day of April, 1876.

WM. E. THOMAS. Witnesses:

SoLoN G. KEMoN, Cans. A. Pncrcrrr. 

